Stories in StoneDefenders of Lord Elgin argue that the removal of the marbles ensured their preservation. His critics point out that British attitudes to conservation were not always historically ...

It doesn’t take much nous to see what’s going on with the Elgin Marbles. After the PM’s affectionate ... being the work of Phydias or Phidias, the most famous sculptor of the ancient world.

The Elgin Marbles should be returned to their native Greece, a leading anthropologist and TV presenter has said. Professor Alice Roberts believes the 30-plus classical Greek monuments, which have ...

Tallks over the British Museum returning the Elgin marbles to Athens are ‘well advanced ... between 447BC and 432BC by Greek ...